κάμαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares the word with ἀμακιον (amakion). According to Beekes, the suffix "-ακ-" is highly frequent in Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.maks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.maks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.maks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.maks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.maks/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels ά and α by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

κάμαξ • (kámax) f (genitive κάμακος); third declension

vine pole, prop
any pole or shaft
tiller
(in the plural) steering paddles
tent pole
perch for fowls

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κάμαξ; τῆς κάμακος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κάμαξ hē kámax	τὼ κάμακε tṑ kámake	αἱ κάμακες hai kámakes
Genitive	τῆς κάμακος tês kámakos	τοῖν καμάκοιν toîn kamákoin	τῶν καμάκων tôn kamákōn
Dative	τῇ κάμακῐ têi kámaki	τοῖν καμάκοιν toîn kamákoin	ταῖς κάμαξῐ / κάμαξῐν taîs kámaxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κάμακᾰ tḕn kámaka	τὼ κάμακε tṑ kámake	τᾱ̀ς κάμακᾰς tā̀s kámakas
Vocative	κάμαξ kámax	κάμακε kámake	κάμακες kámakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καμακίας (kamakías)
καμάκινος (kamákinos)
καμάκιον (kamákion)

References

κάμαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κάμαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill